TD-4510 Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 That's awesome!! It's a real big shame that they went ahead and reconditioned it, the whole time I was thinking this can't be real cause the decals are ANH and not ESB I guess I know why now. Well It'll be iteresting to see more pics (some hopefully before the restoration) and see if we can get a screen ID. Thanks for sharing TK4510 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Let me go get the cash machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-1536 Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 ugh... restoring it was a bad idea. That devalues it in my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-4510 Posted July 13, 2007 Author Share Posted July 13, 2007 Yeah, looks real bad doesnt it. I wish he would have just left it alone. Whats weird is that the desription says that there was styrene used, but we know that isnt true. Right? The ears are the worst I have ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Trooper Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Why restore it to an ANH look when it had an ESB paint job for them to work with? You're telling me that all the decals fell off, and they couldn't tell the frown was black? May be a clever fake. But thats just my intial reaction. I've seen way too many good fakes. Everyone remember the "Original Alec Guiness Obi-Wan cloak"? yeah..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gino Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 It's real. It' s just that it has been very poorly reconditioned and re-fitted with inaccurate replica ears, lens, mic tips, etc.. I don't understand how when someone with an original trooper helmet goes looking for someone to do restoration work, (there's been at least 2 now) that they manage to get the totally wrong people for the job and end up with an abomination like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-4510 Posted July 13, 2007 Author Share Posted July 13, 2007 Yeah, and I was giving the former co-producer and part time director of Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back some credit,..........but this looks kinda,.....well...... like a recasted hunk o' crap. Even if its real and restored it is the absolute worst restoration they could have done on it. I would think that they would leave it ESB too. ah, its gotta be a fake, dont you think? This guy Kurtz is selling alot of stuff on profilesinhistory.com, a Hollywood auction house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_MD Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Thats a really shame, very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakengine Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 I suspect it's real. I got to examine some of the items Gary Kurtz was auctioning off when they were on display at comic con a couple of years ago, including several lightsabers and an E-11. Fortunately they weren't "restored". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weiBes trooper Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 They should have left it alone, the ears are the worst i have ever seen. what a shame.. looks like they restored it in a dark room.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SethB6025 Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Oh man, those ears! What a shame, to a degree I don't like to see any kind of restoration to an item like this. Unfortunately it seems that just like the USS Enterprise in the Smithsonian the restoration was less than stellar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troopermaster Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Looks like they only gave it a frest coat of paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk0600 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Wow, did you read the line about Ainsworth? Did'nt they throw the book at that guy. Interesting that his name comes up on this auction. Paul td-0600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtydave Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Looks like they only gave it a frest coat of paint. Hey Paul,Do you have any other pictures of the helmet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theGreatSot Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Wow, did you read the line about Ainsworth? Did'nt they throw the book at that guy. Interesting that his name comes up on this auction. Paul td-0600 It would be silly to not mention AA, seeing as he was the guy who pulled all of the original helmets. LFL busted him recently for not having a merchandising license to sell their intellectual property. All I have to say is: what an ugly baby... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skutch Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 All of the Scott Joiner/Kurtz stuff is real. I bought a script off him in the past. Wasn't anywhere near the price these things are going for. In all fairness, it could have been in pieces before it was 'restored'. We're assuming it just had chipped paint, etc. Granted, I would think repainting it would devalue it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theGreatSot Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 In all fairness, it could have been in pieces before it was 'restored'. We're assuming it just had chipped paint, etc. Granted, I would think repainting it would devalue it as well. I'd prefer that it was in peices... I want to know who did the restoration job. There's an abundance of people who are talented enough to have done it ten times better. They could have even gotten a pair of ears from TE or TE2 that would look better than what they've got on it. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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